8000 gallons

[riverrat12]

Well guy's it was just 8000 gallons of toxic chemicals dumped into our Ohio river this time.....I know allot of you guy's are lake fisherman and don't really follow the river but dang if this was your favorite lake and this constantly happened what would you do????I'm mad as heck and I want to do something about it...I need help...I see the out cry for help and the passion everyone shows for the problem at the big C ....And I know this is a different type of problem .But this is our drinking water...POISON...Do you trust your water company??? Again don't worry about the enviroment...It'll go away...

[buckdroppings]

Where and what exactly has happened? I haven't heard anything about this yet.

[artcarney_agr]

4000 gallons of Cumene (a petroleum base substance) was spilt

A barge hit a guide wall entering the lock at Brookport

As of right now, I have not heard anything in regards to an environmental impact............

[riverrat12]

CNN. say's 8000 gal .Art where is your Info from ??? will check it out ...still A dang shame....

[fishbum]

CNN. say's 8000 gal .Art where is your Info from ??? will check it out ...still A dang shame....

River is at very high volume.. this will most likely have no long lasting affect on fish or the river due to the dilution of the chemical.. STILL it is one more chemical in the river to deal with. Thank the good lord for Zebra Mussels??
Jim Dicken

[mhall]

I hear ya Chuck, man they are having a time with these barges for sure.

[MsgMills]

It's a shame, the barge that was damaged, must have been only a single skin barge container. I'm not for sure when the law was enacted or the Bill relating to the skins on a barge. But I know after a certain year all barges are supposed to be double skinned, to keep such a thing from happening... I worked at JeffBoat building these barges for 3 years and my sister was a pipe welder there for 10 years....If you want to check on something follow up to see if all the barges are still being required to be double skinned....

[Dave Stewart]

Paducah tv station reported this morning it was 4000 gallons. One gallon is too much.

[small boat basser]

Agree with Dave that 1 gallon is too much. However, from an aquatic tox issue, it could have been a much worse chemical. Cumene ,also known as isopropyl benzene, was one of those chems that recently went through the reregistration process via EPA, including tox studies on fresh water animals. Cumene actually falls under the moderately toxic category under rigid lab conditions, but is probably much less a hazard in open water. It has very high volatility and biodegradability in open exposure situations. I'd be more worried about people exposure in the area where it's "flashing off" than potential fish kills.

Like I said, not justifying any of this and certainly wouldn't want it in my drinking water , just saying it could have been a much worse scenario from a fishes point of view.

[artcarney_agr]

Man, I was just repeating what WPSD out of Paducah had said........gosh, don't get all mad about it!

[riverrat12]

Man, I was just repeating what WPSD out of Paducah had said........gosh, don't get all mad about it!

Art sorry if I came off angry... just came in after a long day to see more cr@p dumped in my river...Glad it was'nt as much as my news said but it still hurts ...I know they said the two barges that broke loose at the falls weren't a big envirement problem...I also know my sauger run this year just ain't happenen ,you begin to wonder if there tellin the truth? Does anybody remember back in the 70's when a barge got caught at the upper dam at the falls and do to the contents They where going to call off school in the lou.area??? I barely remember...It' just a matter of time before this happens again. And Art I'm sorry I LOVE YOU MAN!!!Chuck

[TimPowell]

I live about 3 miles by water (downstream) from the crash location, They were almost to the point of evacuation, even said not to go outside, but then came along and basically said they never said those things....

The smell was so strong the night it happened. From what I hear, they do not know what the impact will be....

The boat hit the downstream approach wall. The lock was underwater but they do have lights on the lockwalls marking the dam, until the water gets too high to run them.

I am also hearing 8000 gallons from a good friend that is working the crash site.